[Fsf-friends] Clarification by British PM's Office that "Software patents" are not enforceable in UK

[Ramanraj K]

http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page11077.asp

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We [The Prime Minister's Office, UK] received a petition asking:

"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to make software patents 
clearly unenforcible."
... ...

The Government remains committed to its policy that no patents should 
exist for inventions which make advances lying solely in the field of 
software. Although certain jurisdictions, such as the US, allow more 
liberal patenting of software-based inventions, these patents cannot be 
enforced in the UK.
... ...
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